debian · CVE-2009-1789

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Priority: medium Published: Updated: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:01:25 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2009-1789 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (eggdrop), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807.

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